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Major Nikon

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4. Well, you have to scroll down quite a ways before the author parses out race

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 04:54 PM

Feb 2015

The study referenced by the OP was for Oklahoma which has the highest rate of female incarceration in the country. If you use the national statistics you get a somewhat different picture. The suggestion that African-American women are incarcerated at a higher rate than African-American men or even men in general is far afield from reality.

As far as all the other things you listed, none of this is mentioned by the OP, but don't let that get in the way of a good rant, eh?

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Prison Inequality: Women and Race --and a Stunning, but Unsurprising Oversight. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2015 OP

In contrast, blacks are 6 times more likely to be in jail than whites. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #1

It is stunning to me that anyone could even write such a tone-deaf article. Bonobo Feb 2015 #2

Ignored this *mildly* pertinent part, eh? F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #3

Well, you have to scroll down quite a ways before the author parses out race Major Nikon Feb 2015 #4

Yes, it was in Oklahoma. The study was referenced in the article F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #5

Comprehension is as well, evidently Major Nikon Feb 2015 #6

Exactly. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #7

You make many good points. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #8

Men are given longer sentences for the same crimes lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #9